14 DAY TRIAL // An interesting case was reported in New Jersey where a woman who murdered her husband was arrested after Google provided incriminatory evidence discovered on its search technology. PC Advisor reports the woman shot her husband in April 2004 but, ten days before the crime, she searched Google for "how to commit murder" phrase.
Melanie McGuire, 33, used the Google search engine to find more ways to kill her husband, entering phrases like "undetectable poisons," "fatal digoxin levels," "instant poisons," "toxic insulin levels," "how to purchase guns illegally," how to find chloroform," "fatal insulin doses," "poisoning deaths," "where to purchase guns illegally," "gun laws in Pa.," "how to purchase guns in Pa.," and "where to purchase guns without a permit," as PC Advisor reports.
Although some users might accuse Google for violating the users' privacy, the authorities ordered the company to provide the information while the search giant had nothing to do than to agree with the demand and offer the information. Recently, Google announced a major change into its online privacy, deciding to make the users' logs anonymous after 18 to 24 months since the recording date.
"The fertility nurse is on trial for first degree murder for allegedly shooting her husband William McGuire, 39, with a .38 caliber gun on April 28, 2004. At the time of his death, McGuire was employed by the New Jersey Institute of Technology. In May 2004, William McGuire's severed remains were found in three suitcases off the Virginia coast. His wife faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted," the same publication reported.
In the past, Google recorded a similar case when Fox sent a subpoena to YouTube to require private information about a member of the video service. At that time, the search giant sustained the user uploaded pirated videos of its own "24" before the movie was released in the US.